Portable chiropractic table



Jan. 2, 1923.

- W. B. REPERT.

PORTABLE CHIROPRACTIC TABLE.

FILED NOV-14i192i.

whens-SHEET 1.

' ATTORNEY WITNESS:

Jan. 2, 1923.

W. B. REPERT.

PORTABLE cnmommcnc TABLE.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

FILED NOV. Hn I92!- INVENTOR ATTO RNEY WITNESS:

Patented den. 2, 1923.

STE

e E3 E warren B. nnrnn'r, or DUNKIR new YORK.

PORTABLE onrnornacrro TABLE.

Application filed November 14, 1921. SerialNo. 515,040.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that 1, WALTER B. Rnrnnr, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dun kirk, in the county of Chautauqua and State of New York, have invented new and useful I Improvements in Portable Chiropractic Tafeatures whereby when the table is set up ready for use it is safe and strong and at the sametime convenient to the patient and the practitioner, and when it is desired to trans port the table the same can be quickly and easily manipulated and reduced to the form of a completely closed suitcase. I a.

To the attainment of the foregoing, the invention consists in the improvement as hereinafter described anddefinitely claimed.

In the accompanying "drawings, forming part of this specification:

Figure 1 is a side elevation showing my novel table as set up ready for use.

Figure 2 is a plan view of the same. Figure 3 is a. perspective showing the manner in which certain elements are folde into the body of the suitcase. Figure 4 is a perspective showing the device as reduced to suitcase form. V Figure 5 is an inverted plan view showing the closure member of the. suitcase and the appurtenances thereof. I

Figure 6 is an enlarged detail perspective of one of the tongues on said member.

Figure '7 is a detail view illustrating the connection of the series of retractile springs.

Figure 8 is a detail side elevation showing the detachable connection of certain braces hereinafter explicitly referred to.

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all of the views of the drawings. i a

By particular reference to Figures 1, 3 and 4 it will be observed that among other elements my novel table comprises a suitcase body 1, equipped with a handle2 and having.

the edge ofone of itsendwalls 3 recessed as designated by 4. Thesaid body 1 is provided at the inner side of itsopposite end wall 5 with a ledge 6 in the face of which are sockets 7, clearly shown in Figured. In

closure member 8-which is adapted when the combination with the body 1 I employ a table is .set up ready for use to support a portion of the body of a patient and is there fore padded at one side as designated by 9 in Figures 1 and 2. The said member 8 is.

. provided with an end portion 10 of reduced WlCltl1S as best shown in Figures 2 and 4,

and at its opposite end the member 8 is pro-. vided with a fiangell adapted when thesuit case is closed to occupy the before mentioned c body recess 4. It will also be observed by member 8 is equipped 011 the flange 11 with a lock member 12 for. cooperation with a" lock member 13 on the. recessed end of the .body 1. Manifestly the lock formed by the members 12 and 18 may be of any appropriate key-controlled type and therefore-I do not deem it necessary to enter into a dek tail description of the said lock. At its opposite end, with reference to the flange 11, the member S'is provided with tongues 14, one of which'is shown in Figure 6, the said tongues 14 being adapted to be inserted in comparison ofFigures 3, 4 and 5 that the the sockets? .of'the body l'so as to secure 1' against displace'mentthe end of the member 1 8 on which'said tongues 14 are arranged. When the closure member 8 is positioned as shown in Figu're 4 it will obviously be held against movement relativelyto thebody 1" in the direction of-its thickness and also in the directions of its width and length.

Hinged at 15 to the sides of the reduced por- 1 tion 10 of themember S are skirt wings .16. 1V hen the table is set up ready for use the said wings 16 assume the pendent position I shown in Figure 1, and when the member 8 is secured in and to the body 1 the said wings are adapted to complete the closure of the suitcase as shown in Figure 4. In addition to the elementsn-amed the table comprises a U-shaped support 17, hinged at18, Figure 1, to the bottom ofthe body land,

' adapted when the sectional vbraces 19, are I flexed to be swung flat againstthe inner side of the said body. Pivotally mounted at 20 on pins 21 carried by opposite side walls of i the body 1 are supporting legs 22 to which are connected sectional braces 23. Pivotally connected at 24 to the. said legs 22 are the, ends of a .U-shaped basebrace 25'the bight portion 26 of which is square asillustrated in Figures 1 and 3. Hinged to the said base brace 25 at 27 is the correspondingly square bight portion 28 of a complementary U carried. by the arms 31, Figures 1 and 8 shaped base brace 29. Hingedly coi'inected to the ends of the said base brace 29 and designated by 30 in Figures 1 and 3 are arms 31 between which extends a transverse rod 32. It will also be seen by reference to Figure '2 that eyes 33 are provided on the said arms 31. Detachably connected at 3% to one end of the suitcase body 1 are retractile springs 35 some of which are connected to the said eyes 33 and others of which are connected to the rod sione'd as illustrated in Figure 1 manifestly serve to'render the intermediate supporting frame of the table rigri d. This will be better appreciated when it is stated that sectional braces 10 are'hinged to the base braceQO at 41-, and are detachably booked at as on pins also, when it is stated that a U-shaped support 43 is hinged at 4% to the underside of the closure member 8, and sectional braces 15 are interposed between the said support 43, and theunderside of the closure member 8. The closure member 8 is further provided with a u-shaped support 50 hinged to the member 8 at 51, and sectional braces 52 are interposed between and connected to the said support 50 and the underside otthe closure member 8, Figures 1 and 5.

Loosely superimposed upon the series of springs 35 1s a cushion 60. i

It will be apparent from the foregoingthat'when the springs 35 are detached from the end of the body 1, the legs 22, the braces 25-and 29,-the arms 31, and the braces 23 and 40 may be folded into the bodyl after the manner illustrated in Figure 3. It will also be apparent that the supports 48 and 50. and th'ecomplementary braces may be folded flat against the underside of the closure member 8. Then after the springs and the cushion 6O are arranged inthe body 1, the closure member 8 may be adjusted to the position shown. in Figure 4, relatively to the body 1, and securedin such position when the device will manifestly be susceptible of being carried in hand with the same convenience as an ordinary suitcase of corresponding size and weight.

It will further be apparent from the foregoing that the suitcase is adapted to be opened, and the chiropractic table setup for use by simply reversing the operation The said springs when teneanne preferred embodiment of my invention in order to impart a full, clear and exact understanding or the said embodiment. 1 do not desire, however, to be understood as confining myself tothe said specific construction and relative arrangement or parts ineproldable against the same, a cushion, sup porting means tor one end of the sultcase body and foldable into the same,,supporting means for the opposite end of the suitcase body, and supporting means for the cushion and foldable into the body and extending in the open state of the table from the inner end oi -the body to a point under the inner portion of the closure member.

2. A chiropractic table comprising a suitcase body, a closure member separable: from said body and adapted when set up to supporta portion of the body of a patient, supporting means for said closure member foldable against the same, a cushion, supportin means for one end of the suitcase body and foldable into the same, supporting means for the opposite end of the suitcase body, and supporting means for the cushion and fold able into the body and extending in the open state of the table, from the inner end of the body to a point under the inner portion of the closure member; the said supporting means including a spring supportfor the cushion, and the said cushion being adapted to be interposed between the closure member and the suitcase body.

3. A chiropractic table comprising a suite case body, a closure member separable'irom said body and adapted when set up to support a portion of the'body of a. patient, supporting means for said closure member foldable against the same, acushion, supporting means for one end of the-suitcase body: and

foldable into the same, and supporting means connected to one of thebase braces, and re-- t-ractile springs for yieldingly'supporting the cushion detachably connected to the suitcase and connected to the said arms.

41. A chiropractic table comprising a suit= car-ac body, a closure member separable from; said body andadanted when set up to supbody and the cushion and foldable into the body; the suitcase body having a recess in one of its end walls, and also having sockets at the inner side of its opposite end wall, and the closure member having an end portion reduced in width, and wings hinged to the side edges of said reduced portion, and pro vided at its opposite end with a flange to seat in said recess and adapted to be locked to the suitcase body.

5. A chiropractic table comprising a suitcase body, a foldable support connected to one end portion of said body and movable into and out of the same, a ioldable support for the opposite end of the body, movable into and out of the same and including base braces hinged together and adapted to abut in endwise relation against each other, arms connected in hinged manner to one oi? the base braces, detachable retractile springs interposed between said arms and one end of the body, a cushion removably superimposed on said retractile springs and a cover or closure member complementary to the body and adapted for arrangement at the opposite end of the cushion, with reference to the body; the said closure member having supporting means foldable against the under and inner side of the same.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

WALTER B. REPERT. 

